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thanks for joining us. narrator: funding for this program is provided by the gruber family foundation and by the members of kqed. a co-production of kqed and the center for investigative reporting. announcer: a kqed television production. larriva: it's like holy mother of comfort food. kastner: throw it down. it's noodle crack. patel: you have to be ready for the heart attack on a platter. crowell: okay, i'm the bacon guy, right? hoofe: oh, i just did a jig every time i dipped into it. man: it just completely blew my mind. woman: it felt like i had a mouthful of raw vegetables and dry dough. sbrocco: oh, please. i want the dessert first! [ laughs ] i told him he had to wait.
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mybe i can use it with my kids. it has become less of a risk to buy these headsets, especially as meta has driven the prices down like with the quest two, which you have right in front of you there, so a pretty affordable headset at this point. >> this is about a four or $500 headset and matt has just come out with a new one they announced last week for about $1500. that is more clearly aimed at business users, which is going to be like a whole other thing they're hoping to get people interested in. i guess we will have to see how that goes. >> i think it is interesting with the release of these kind of hardware is, you know, one of my favorite presentations of new hardware's was the iphone presentation by steve jobs in 2007 where he said i'm bringing you three new products. a product that can help you listen to music, a product that úcan help you make phone calls and and internet surfing product, right? and then he kept saying that and he was like do you get it? it's actually one product. it's called the iphone i
mybe i can use it with my kids. it has become less of a risk to buy these headsets, especially as meta has driven the prices down like with the quest two, which you have right in front of you there, so a pretty affordable headset at this point. >> this is about a four or $500 headset and matt has just come out with a new one they announced last week for about $1500. that is more clearly aimed at business users, which is going to be like a whole other thing they're hoping to get people...
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the challenge for us all along has been how do we develop that leverage, particularly using military power without us getting on the slippery slope of quote unquote owns syria. it could be that this moment has created a new context. that this administration can take advantage of. it's going to take an incredible amount of diplomatic skill to pull this off. i'm not sure we have seen that kind of skill yet out of this team. it's obviously the first test. it's one thing to lob 59 tomahawks on a well planned strike into syria. it's another thing to turn that into leverage to try to get some sort of diplomatic outcome. so i think the next few weeks are going to be a real test. whether this was a checkers move or chess mf. >> everyone talkers about leverage, i don't quite get what leverage we might have. go ahead. >> i mean the leverage is can you raise the level of pain enough on assad or the fear by russia that assad is going to go and their interests are going to be in jeopardy in syria, that they either force assad to come to a deal or assad himself comes to a deal. it's very difficult
the challenge for us all along has been how do we develop that leverage, particularly using military power without us getting on the slippery slope of quote unquote owns syria. it could be that this moment has created a new context. that this administration can take advantage of. it's going to take an incredible amount of diplomatic skill to pull this off. i'm not sure we have seen that kind of skill yet out of this team. it's obviously the first test. it's one thing to lob 59 tomahawks on a...
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we are glad you can join us. a conversation with colin powell coming up right now. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: pleased and honored to welcome colin powell back to this program. the former u.s. secretary of state and decorated four-star general is, of course, a best- selling author whose latest text is called "it worked for me: in life and leadership." he joins us tonight from washington. secretary powell, good to have you back on this program, sir. >> thank you, tavis, good to be with you again. tavis: i promise to get right to the book if you allow me to ask a few questions about items in the news. i suspect that doesn't surprise you, given the roles that you've played in our government, that i might want to pick your brain about a few things. le
we are glad you can join us. a conversation with colin powell coming up right now. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: pleased and honored to welcome colin powell back to this program. the former u.s. secretary of state and...
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king and john lewis and all those who gave us a dream to guide us. a dream they paid for like our founders with their lives, their fortunes, their sacred honor. and we thank them for reminding us that america is always becoming, always on a journey. we all, every single citizen among us, have to run our lap. >> reporter: a third former president-- george w. bush-- was unable to attend today, as he recovers from a recent heart procedure. instead, he issued a statement saying: the moment that dr. king delivered his famous address-- with the appeal to "let freedom ring"-- was marked by a bell- ringing ceremony. that set the stage for the first african american president, who said the struggle for economic opportunity remains the nation's great unfinished business, but he voiced hope. there's a reason why so many who marched that day, and in the days to come, were young-- for the young are unconstrained by habits of fear, by the conventions of what is. they dared to dream differently, to imagine something better. and i am convinced that same imagination,
king and john lewis and all those who gave us a dream to guide us. a dream they paid for like our founders with their lives, their fortunes, their sacred honor. and we thank them for reminding us that america is always becoming, always on a journey. we all, every single citizen among us, have to run our lap. >> reporter: a third former president-- george w. bush-- was unable to attend today, as he recovers from a recent heart procedure. instead, he issued a statement saying: the moment...
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to a buddhist village, threw us inside of a sool and kept us there. there were three of us.th one nigh went out to dinner, and the wife of one ofld the rs helped us leave. >> reporter: she managed tond escapeled to bangladesh along with 700,000 rohingyas muslims who made the same trek last year, walking through the jungle with no food or water. >> ( translated ): i noticed some changes in my body. i wa't getting my period. i realized i was pregnant. >> reporter: she g this sweltering hot dark hut with the help of a rohingya woman. both she ander baby are malnourished. >> ( translated i feel really weak and restless. i've lost the energy to hold my child. since i've been here, i haven't been able to get a proper me. i eat very little, i have no energy. i'm not ppy with my life. >> reporter: she says shfeels deeply ashamed and has nothing to live for except her child. >> ( intranslated ): who is to look after me? now i have this baby, nobody will marry me. if i was married off i would have a child legitimately, not a baby out of rape, like i do now. >>
to a buddhist village, threw us inside of a sool and kept us there. there were three of us.th one nigh went out to dinner, and the wife of one ofld the rs helped us leave. >> reporter: she managed tond escapeled to bangladesh along with 700,000 rohingyas muslims who made the same trek last year, walking through the jungle with no food or water. >> ( translated ): i noticed some changes in my body. i wa't getting my period. i realized i was pregnant. >> reporter: she g this...
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also using sometimes when they use some violent language with regard to mr. trump. basically saying that the democrats were being hypocritical and clinically vindictive. -- politically vindictive. in terms of the legal side of it, they argue mr. trump did not get due process, that this was a snap impeachment. it had taken place only one week after the eventnd had not gone through the regular procedures of witnesses, hrings, preparing documents, giving strict from time to reply. narrator: funding for presentation of this program is provided by.. the freeman foundation. by judy and peter blum-kovler foundation. pursuing solutions for erica's neglected needs. and by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you, thank you. ♪ ♪ man: you're watching pbs. hilty: where do i begin about my love for pbs? having both of my children, two very young children, "daniel tiger" is on because they learn so much from it. every major emotional thing that young children have to go through, daniel has a song associated with that. ♪ daniel: take a deep breath ♪ (inhales
also using sometimes when they use some violent language with regard to mr. trump. basically saying that the democrats were being hypocritical and clinically vindictive. -- politically vindictive. in terms of the legal side of it, they argue mr. trump did not get due process, that this was a snap impeachment. it had taken place only one week after the eventnd had not gone through the regular procedures of witnesses, hrings, preparing documents, giving strict from time to reply. narrator:...
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joining us is dr. rutherford, a ucsf epidemiologist, advisor to san francisco's department of public health, who is leadg the prograthat started this week in san francisco. think you for joining us again. >> thank you for having me. wi >> we get to contact tracing but first i want to talk about breaking news today. the fda e s authorized emergency use of toreduce the mortality and duration of covid- 19. it has beenproven to do this and some studies although one study was negative.how quickly can be utilized? >> i think it is a great step forward. the fact at there was a negative study from china does e not really bothervery much. that study did not really have a lot of power for people and understand exactat the fects or effects are. the effects of this drug are relatively modest i would say. this does not reduce mortality from 11% down to zero or anything but it is a start. think about how the aids drugs started, firswe had azt and then we added other drugs and dr added othes and all of a sudden it be
joining us is dr. rutherford, a ucsf epidemiologist, advisor to san francisco's department of public health, who is leadg the prograthat started this week in san francisco. think you for joining us again. >> thank you for having me. wi >> we get to contact tracing but first i want to talk about breaking news today. the fda e s authorized emergency use of toreduce the mortality and duration of covid- 19. it has beenproven to do this and some studies although one study was...
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-tell us about that. -yeah. i mean, you mentioned that i do have a background as a climate scientist. that was a long time ago. and that was a big part of the inspiration for my first business, method, trying to use a business and that was a big part of the inspiration to create social and environmental impact. now, fortunately, that's become a much me mainstream idea now. food is even more personal, and has even more impacts on our environment and on our health, of course, than cleaning products, and so that was why i really wanted to get into food, because it's very personal, and it's very high-impact. we need to do somethingou, and we need to do it through foods that are really delicious that people enjoy. -and that don't cause a lot of carbon tput, for example, because dairy products and meat products contribute to the carbon footprint. -yeah, exactly. so, dairy is about aer of our food carbon footprint, and food's about 30% of our human carbon footprint. that means dairy is about 8% of humanity's carbon foo
-tell us about that. -yeah. i mean, you mentioned that i do have a background as a climate scientist. that was a long time ago. and that was a big part of the inspiration for my first business, method, trying to use a business and that was a big part of the inspiration to create social and environmental impact. now, fortunately, that's become a much me mainstream idea now. food is even more personal, and has even more impacts on our environment and on our health, of course, than cleaning...
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so they're kind of on the forefront of using this. what they hope to eventually do is to allow patients to opt out. but only to opt out of some of it. if you're not filling your prescriptions, the hospital feels they want to know, and they should be able to know that. if you don't want the hospital knowing what you're buying at cvs or at the grocery store, you can have an option to opt out of that. certain things they want to definitely know about you because they're now being held accountable for your health. >> and briefly, they cannot use this to discriminate against a pre-existing condition even if the information tells them that you might have a heart condition, right? >> absolutely. there's a lot of thing that's illegal for hospitals to did, and it's bound by the same privacy rules as anything else that you would share with your doctor. >> shannon, thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> this is pbs "newshour weekend sunday." >>> in england, scientists are exploring ways to diagnose breast cancer through a routine test resembling
so they're kind of on the forefront of using this. what they hope to eventually do is to allow patients to opt out. but only to opt out of some of it. if you're not filling your prescriptions, the hospital feels they want to know, and they should be able to know that. if you don't want the hospital knowing what you're buying at cvs or at the grocery store, you can have an option to opt out of that. certain things they want to definitely know about you because they're now being held accountable...
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, to see us. and then you have a small window of getting there on time. if your bus is late and then you're told you can't be seen. it's so many different issues. >> also part of the neighborhood effort: clergy, like the reverend rodrick burton. >> this is narcan. this is what we use to reverse an overdose. we need to get this into the hands of the community. >> cunningham advises them how to talk about substance abuse in ways that show compassion. >> the church unfortunately has been -- many leaders and members have had a judgmental view of people who are suffering from addiction. we can learn, number one, what's the right way to talk to people who are experiencing this. so we're not doing this in a judgmental way, but also how can we acutely address when people do fall out? how can we save their lives? >> i rumor walking the street -- remember walking the street with my grandmother. >> it's shift in attitude that cunningham knows first-hand. she grew up in the st. louis area, and recalls how her
, to see us. and then you have a small window of getting there on time. if your bus is late and then you're told you can't be seen. it's so many different issues. >> also part of the neighborhood effort: clergy, like the reverend rodrick burton. >> this is narcan. this is what we use to reverse an overdose. we need to get this into the hands of the community. >> cunningham advises them how to talk about substance abuse in ways that show compassion. >> the church...
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us officials have confirmed to frontline that he was the target. but many are convinced he was innocent. >> he was living openly. he was working on the campaign quite open, staying with people. he was on the media a lot. and everyone from the governor down were asking, "why did they kill him?" >> narrator: no one from jsoc would talk to frontline on camera, so frontline correspondent stephen grey raised the case with general petraeus. >> can i just ask you how that operation came into being? what made you think that this was the man you were targeting? >> well, we didn't think, in this case, with respect. we knew. we had days and days of what's called "the unblinking eye," confirmed by other forms of intelligence, that informed us that this... there is no question about who this individual was. >> the man who was killed, who appears to be the target, was living openly in kabul. we have afghan government officials who say this man was innocent. so what gives you confidence that he was who you say he was? >> very precise intelligence that told us exa
us officials have confirmed to frontline that he was the target. but many are convinced he was innocent. >> he was living openly. he was working on the campaign quite open, staying with people. he was on the media a lot. and everyone from the governor down were asking, "why did they kill him?" >> narrator: no one from jsoc would talk to frontline on camera, so frontline correspondent stephen grey raised the case with general petraeus. >> can i just ask you how that...
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thank you for being with us. so tell us about how the farming community is responding, the shootings happened at two agricultural facilities. how did this unfold through the week and where does the investigation stand now? >> this all started on monday, basically two shootings at separate mushroom facilities in half moon bay, being viewed as an act of workplace violence, the shooter going to these two facilities, he worked at one and used to work at another and targeting coworkers or former coworkers and potentially trying to turn himself in, he was found at a sheriff substation ultimately where he was arrested. that's kind of where the investigation stands. this is now in the hands of san mateo county district attorney. >> what more can you tell us about the suspected shooter and his possible motives? >> the suspected shooter is being charged with seven counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder. we also know that he is a chinese citizen and in an interview with nbc bay area he mentioned he
thank you for being with us. so tell us about how the farming community is responding, the shootings happened at two agricultural facilities. how did this unfold through the week and where does the investigation stand now? >> this all started on monday, basically two shootings at separate mushroom facilities in half moon bay, being viewed as an act of workplace violence, the shooter going to these two facilities, he worked at one and used to work at another and targeting coworkers or...
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thanks watching us. goodbye. about the find more day's news on our website, make facebook eck out our page. thanks so much for watching bbc world news america. >> vertical videos are designed work and your lifestyle. so you can swipe your way through the news of the day and stay up to date with the latest headlines you can trust. download now from selected app stores. funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs, and fox searchlight. >> my mum says you are writing a book to stop people going to war. i would really like if you write a book for me. >> have you come to see my woods? >> i'm going to call my bear winnie. >> you should call him pooh. if he ignores you, you can pretend you were just saying "pooh." >> pooh! why does everyone like winnie the pooh so much? >> after the war there was so much sadness. then winnie the pooh came along and happiness came out. >> "goodbye christopher robin," rated pg. now playing in s
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they are us. the person who has perpetuated th violence against us is not. nick: in less than four weeks, parliament passed a bill banning most semiautomatic rifles and high-capacity magazines. >> every semi-automatic weapon used in the terrorist attack on friday will be banned in this country. nick: her tenure was marked by crises, none larger than covid. >> these decisions will place the most significant restrictions on new zealanders' movements in modern history. nick: her government shut the borders and imposed one of the world's strictest lockdowns, despite the country reliance on tourism. it saved lives and allowed kiwis to resume normal life earlier than most countries. throughout, she spoke to the country via facebook live. >> as we all joined together in the fight against covid-19. >> without question, we had one of the most effective responses to the pandemic in the world, and many people owe their lives to that. nick: helen clarke was new zealand prime minister from 1999 to 2008, from ardern's same party. she also co-led an independent review of c
they are us. the person who has perpetuated th violence against us is not. nick: in less than four weeks, parliament passed a bill banning most semiautomatic rifles and high-capacity magazines. >> every semi-automatic weapon used in the terrorist attack on friday will be banned in this country. nick: her tenure was marked by crises, none larger than covid. >> these decisions will place the most significant restrictions on new zealanders' movements in modern history. nick: her...
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we are not sure that chemical weapon used, and who used it. we cannot talk about virtual things. we have to talk about facts. ..$e united nations observers from getting to guta that you deny and delayed red cross from and red crescent from getting there to make observations and to help. >> your government delay we asked for delegation in marchç 2012 when the first attack happened in the north of syria. they delayed it until just two days before they september those team. he said in his report that did everything as he wanted. there was not a single obstacle. >> charlie: they said they were delayed in getting there they wanted to be there earlier. >> no, no. there wasç conflict. there was fighting. there was shooting. didn't prevent them from going anywhere. we asked them to come, why delay it? if you want to say the american story, we use chemical weapons the same day the team, investigation team came to syria. is it logical? it's not logical. if the army wanted to use suchç weapon should have waited three days until the investigation finished. it's not logical. the whole s
we are not sure that chemical weapon used, and who used it. we cannot talk about virtual things. we have to talk about facts. ..$e united nations observers from getting to guta that you deny and delayed red cross from and red crescent from getting there to make observations and to help. >> your government delay we asked for delegation in marchç 2012 when the first attack happened in the north of syria. they delayed it until just two days before they september those team. he said in his...
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an us. and i think from our political leaders, to some of the business language we use, to pop culture, we are isolated from each other. the algorithms do it too. and this show has helped a lot. it's helped me see the country and feel the country, touch and even taste the country and not st think about or have opinions about the country. it's really different to be with all the difference in this country, in the same boat, on the same trail, with someone else. so i've gotten to see the country and its beauty and people's connection to land and nature in a really direct way. the other thing that helps tell a story of us is just reminding myself that we are a we. that we're stronger when we're together. that individualism has such an important place, but not the only place in our identities. and when we work together, we go farther. and when we try to do everything by ourselves, we end up alone. - has it been healing for you? - directly. the show is far more emotional than i ever understood it
an us. and i think from our political leaders, to some of the business language we use, to pop culture, we are isolated from each other. the algorithms do it too. and this show has helped a lot. it's helped me see the country and feel the country, touch and even taste the country and not st think about or have opinions about the country. it's really different to be with all the difference in this country, in the same boat, on the same trail, with someone else. so i've gotten to see the country...
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can the saudis count on us? can the u.a.e. count us? can the folks, for example, the in egypt that looked to the united states in the past as a friend and ally, they believe now that, in fact, we were the ones who pulled the rug out from under mubarak and delivered them into the tender mercies of the muslim brotherhood. >> rose: is it fair to say that they also believe, many of the people in the middle east, that the bush administration in eight years with different israeli prime ministers did not make any headway in terms of bringing the israelis and the palestinians together? not withstanding the urging of the saudis and the initiative that they promoted? >> well, i think we made as much progress as anybody else has, which is not much. that's been a problem for a long time. we obviously didn't make significant progress and in the age old israeli/palestinian conflict. no question about it. >> rose: do you think the president is wrong to say "we're going to foift asia because that's the new paradigm of power." not that we're leaving the
can the saudis count on us? can the u.a.e. count us? can the folks, for example, the in egypt that looked to the united states in the past as a friend and ally, they believe now that, in fact, we were the ones who pulled the rug out from under mubarak and delivered them into the tender mercies of the muslim brotherhood. >> rose: is it fair to say that they also believe, many of the people in the middle east, that the bush administration in eight years with different israeli prime...
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protect us, please protect us, please protect us. we need help, we need help, we need help. >> did they kill him? (horn blowing) >> our most kind and gracious father who art in heaven, we come before thee in honor and remembrance of our beloved friend, your son lavoy finicum. and we thank thee, o father, for his selfless sacrifice. >> narrator: the killing of lavoy finicum made him a martyr to his followers. >> he had become a beacon of light. >> narrator: but it was the beginning of the end of the malheur occupation. ammon and his supporters were now in custody, charged with felonies. he and 13 others would stand trial in portland. >> we're not going anywhere, and we will continue to take our stand. governor kate brown is responsible for the murder of lavoy finicum, for the murder of a cowboy. >> narrator: dory dae joined the patriot movement after lavoy finicum's death and ammon's arrest. she led daily protests outside the jail where ammon and his codefendants were being held for trial. >> i'm out here protesting today and every da
protect us, please protect us, please protect us. we need help, we need help, we need help. >> did they kill him? (horn blowing) >> our most kind and gracious father who art in heaven, we come before thee in honor and remembrance of our beloved friend, your son lavoy finicum. and we thank thee, o father, for his selfless sacrifice. >> narrator: the killing of lavoy finicum made him a martyr to his followers. >> he had become a beacon of light. >> narrator: but it...
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to get us used to this. >> do you believe that? >> i don't have enough information to know whether this is a strategy by damascus or whether it's local commanders who have these weapons available and there's aa tactical value in attacking a particular neighborhood or even a house that has opposition forces in it. it's phrauz to believe me that assad is testing the limits and whether or not he's doing it deliberately, i think if we don't respond he will read it as an indication that he can try to move that marker a little bit further. so i think this will be a response from washington but, as i suggested, my guess is that it's more likely to be a more active effort to assist the rebels rather than a direct military action by the united states. >> rose: let me talk -- give us a primer on chemical weapons. what are we talking about? what impact does it have? how much of a weapon of mass destruction is it? >> well, what's been said publicly is that the syrians have probably the largest active chemical weapons program in the world. and
to get us used to this. >> do you believe that? >> i don't have enough information to know whether this is a strategy by damascus or whether it's local commanders who have these weapons available and there's aa tactical value in attacking a particular neighborhood or even a house that has opposition forces in it. it's phrauz to believe me that assad is testing the limits and whether or not he's doing it deliberately, i think if we don't respond he will read it as an indication that...
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could you walk us through that? >> well, most vaccine trials will include what's called the data safety monitoring board, that is a very, independent group of people who monitor the especially the statistical monitoring to make sure the data is statistically powered to make a definitivelu coon about whether a vaccine works or not. but the main issue always, with any vaccine product, is safety. you want to guarantee there is safety involved, and that is toreally the top job. ake sure that safety is -- the primary aim of any trial that is being done. >> is it surprising that someone fell ill? >> well, you know, you are enrolling thousands of patients here, so, given the background, of events that may happen to anybody, you can pick a random sample of people, it's not going it's t surprising ther was an impact. there is always almostrssome adevents, and that's the placebo group is to really make sure, not just the rson who gets the vaccine versus a placebo, had a better response to prevention of the disease. but also,
could you walk us through that? >> well, most vaccine trials will include what's called the data safety monitoring board, that is a very, independent group of people who monitor the especially the statistical monitoring to make sure the data is statistically powered to make a definitivelu coon about whether a vaccine works or not. but the main issue always, with any vaccine product, is safety. you want to guarantee there is safety involved, and that is toreally the top job. ake sure that...
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we have not concluded that it was the use of eip's in that program that allowed us to obtain useful information from detainees subjected to them. >> it is no accident that the cia headquarters are out here in the remotes virginia countryside. the organization prefers to stay away from the political hothouse of washington. but this week it finds itself caught in the middle of a raging battle between democrats and republicans, the current regime, and the old. has not commented since the report came out. his vice president at the time does dick cheney not like it, and says so in plain english. >> we did what needed to be done to catch those who were guilty on 9/11 and prevent a further attack. we were successful on both parts. >> this report says it was not successful. >> it was full of crap. >> john mccain told us the u.s. needs to move on. >> is behind us and it's not allowed anymore. hope america understands this was a wrong chapter in history and now we need to move on. >> the senate intelligence chair hasn't. she maintained a stream of tweets throughout john brennan's speech rebutting much of
we have not concluded that it was the use of eip's in that program that allowed us to obtain useful information from detainees subjected to them. >> it is no accident that the cia headquarters are out here in the remotes virginia countryside. the organization prefers to stay away from the political hothouse of washington. but this week it finds itself caught in the middle of a raging battle between democrats and republicans, the current regime, and the old. has not commented since the...
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and he surprised the world with the use of strikes over the use of chemical weapons and used economic policies to get president xi to help pressure north korea. the white house has put all options on the table as tensions rise. then there's questions of ties between the trump campaign and russia which comply -- complicates relations with russia. much remains unknown with the iran nuclear deal and the paris climate accord and i'm thrilled to have katty kay and ian bremmer here. what can the president say on foreign policy and say this is what is a clear victory, win, achievement? >> i think the biggest achievement in a sense is that he has learned what he didn't know. he has learned the world is more complicated than the policies he campaigned on. that's true partly domestically but more true when it comes to the international stage. the fact he sat down with president xi and was prepared to admit there was a learning curve. that has influenced much of what he's done and said on the foreign policy stage. he came in with a clear nationalist, populist america-first a deal and shifted. he
and he surprised the world with the use of strikes over the use of chemical weapons and used economic policies to get president xi to help pressure north korea. the white house has put all options on the table as tensions rise. then there's questions of ties between the trump campaign and russia which comply -- complicates relations with russia. much remains unknown with the iran nuclear deal and the paris climate accord and i'm thrilled to have katty kay and ian bremmer here. what can the...
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jules, thank you so much for joining us. explain to me how the issue of ai is playing a role in these strikes. jules: a.i. is one of the two main issues that these writers and actors are focusing on because it is an absolutely new frontier for them when it comes to negotiations, and they're asking for better regulation on how it's used in the entertainment industry so that they don't get replaced entirely. ali: what are some of their concerns about the current state of regulation and how their likenesses, their voices might be used in the future if a.i. goes without additional regulations? jules: there are currently no regulations, especially when it comes to the contracts between the writers and the actors and the studios. currently, studios are looking to push more and more ai into the entertainment industry because it is cheaper for them to use a.i. than to have actual humans creating this content. and what actors and writers are asking for is regulations for writers, and in particular, how a.i. interacts with them in the
jules, thank you so much for joining us. explain to me how the issue of ai is playing a role in these strikes. jules: a.i. is one of the two main issues that these writers and actors are focusing on because it is an absolutely new frontier for them when it comes to negotiations, and they're asking for better regulation on how it's used in the entertainment industry so that they don't get replaced entirely. ali: what are some of their concerns about the current state of regulation and how their...
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what techniques do you use?y. >> narrator: ijaz says that these prisoners have already confessed to a kidnapping plot. over the last year, officer ijas his team has captured more than 200 militants. yet, terrorist attacks in karac. last may, a taliban splinter grp killed 43 civilians in an attack on a bus. the killers had recently pledge loyalty to isis. >> next time... >> this is the al qaeda that osama bin laden only dreamed of. >> the intelligence continued to point to what could happen. >> the view was, this is iraq's problem. let them deal with it. >> the growth of isis was noted, and the deterioration of the iraqi forces was missed. >> if you threaten america, you will find no safe haven. >> go to pbs.org/frontline to read an interview with filmaker najibullah quraishi about his reporting from inside isis territory i honestly didnt know if i was going to get back. >> and see more of our ongoing coverage of isis then connect to the frontline community on facebook and twitter. visit us on youtube for even mo
what techniques do you use?y. >> narrator: ijaz says that these prisoners have already confessed to a kidnapping plot. over the last year, officer ijas his team has captured more than 200 militants. yet, terrorist attacks in karac. last may, a taliban splinter grp killed 43 civilians in an attack on a bus. the killers had recently pledge loyalty to isis. >> next time... >> this is the al qaeda that osama bin laden only dreamed of. >> the intelligence continued to point...
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us. >> narrator: and the threat to democracy. >> china is on its way to state.ng a total surveillance >> narrator: tonight on frontline-- >> it has pervaded so many elements of everyday life. how do we make it transparent >> narrator: "in the age of ai". >> frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. major support is provided by the john d. and catherine t.fo macarthudation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. the ford foundation:rk g with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide.di onal support is provided by the abrams foundation, committed to excellence in. journali the park foundion, dedicated to heightening public awarens of critical issues. the john and helen glessner family trust. supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. and by t frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. and additional support fromr tom std lucy caldwell-stair. major s
us. >> narrator: and the threat to democracy. >> china is on its way to state.ng a total surveillance >> narrator: tonight on frontline-- >> it has pervaded so many elements of everyday life. how do we make it transparent >> narrator: "in the age of ai". >> frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. major support is provided by the john d. and catherine t.fo macarthudation, committed to building...
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they're telling us constantly they're going to obliterate us. if you do this, we'll obliterate you. the number of their threats that have actually come true is the lower rather than higher percentage. that's not to dismiss some of the atrocities they have committed which are absolutely terrible. >> ifill: since we're talking about threats, we see the film will be in limited release probably later this week. if i were running an independent theater in austin, texas, that's going to begin showing this film at midnight on christmas day, should i be afraid? are they taking a risk at this point? >> gwen, you can be absolutely certain the companies involved in distribution of the movie are taking this movie seriously and working with companies like crowdstrike to make sure they're prepared. >> ifill: what do you think about that, marc rogers? >> i think it's highly unlikely the cinema in texas will face much threat from a regime or group of hackers. yes, there is some stuff these guys could do but i think it's unlikely. not something that's been seen before. when there is threats saying t
they're telling us constantly they're going to obliterate us. if you do this, we'll obliterate you. the number of their threats that have actually come true is the lower rather than higher percentage. that's not to dismiss some of the atrocities they have committed which are absolutely terrible. >> ifill: since we're talking about threats, we see the film will be in limited release probably later this week. if i were running an independent theater in austin, texas, that's going to begin...
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>> i guess instead of people using technology, technology is using people. the orientation has changed. we don't go out olt internet to accomplish something or find someone or connect to another person but the internet is kind of this algorithmic landscape that is trying to persuade us or influence us or find our exploits and get us to act against our own better judgment. >> is that -- was there a eureka moment for you, where you came to believe it had -- technology had kind of moved from something we own to something that's owning us? >> after the dot-com crash around 2000, it looked like the internet was going to come back as a social medium. we saw blogger and facebook and i thought, oh, good. business is gone, the people are back. but these companies took so much investment that by 2007, 2008, we saw companies like facebook and twitter making several billion dollars a year being called abject failures by wall street because they had peaked. the only way they could extract more money from their users was by turning kind of nasty. >> so are they the proble
>> i guess instead of people using technology, technology is using people. the orientation has changed. we don't go out olt internet to accomplish something or find someone or connect to another person but the internet is kind of this algorithmic landscape that is trying to persuade us or influence us or find our exploits and get us to act against our own better judgment. >> is that -- was there a eureka moment for you, where you came to believe it had -- technology had kind of...
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he uses thousands of led lights or even simple light bulbs. from close up, the lights seem to blink at random, but take a step back, and your eyes begin to connect the dots. producer monica lamb and photographer aaron drury take us into the workshop of jim campbell. campbell: so, these are pixels, waterproof pixels that we're testing. i'm jim campbell, and i work with light in the field of electronic art. i was an engineer in silicon valley for close to 25 years. we made convertors from low-resolution tv to high-definition tv. one of the things that i was interested in early on and continue to be is, if you take away all of the details of an image, is there anything useful from an experience of looking at something that's low resolution? is there some sort of essence that can be found in taking an image and getting rid of most of the information and just leaving a little bit there? my day job was high-definition tv, and my artwork went the other way. is it possible that it has different optical characteristics? a lot of the stuff that i do doe
he uses thousands of led lights or even simple light bulbs. from close up, the lights seem to blink at random, but take a step back, and your eyes begin to connect the dots. producer monica lamb and photographer aaron drury take us into the workshop of jim campbell. campbell: so, these are pixels, waterproof pixels that we're testing. i'm jim campbell, and i work with light in the field of electronic art. i was an engineer in silicon valley for close to 25 years. we made convertors from...
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they have used them on their own people. they've used them in syria. so we have to take the threat seriously. and it's a serious threat, particularly for a permanent member of the security council to make such a threat. and we will respond and hold them accountable. >> is there a plan in place? >> the plan is to bring them before the security council. the plan is to discourage them from taking such an action. and it's our hope that the pressure that we're putting on them now in the security council will encourage them not to take these types of actions and not to make these kinds of threats against a defenseless ukraine when it comes to the use of nuclear weapons. and should they make the mistake of using nuclear weapons, we will hold them accountable. i won't detail what we will do here, but they should know that we will respond very, very strongly to them if they should do that. >> let's go back to february 24th, the day ukraine was invaded by russia. vladimir putin announced the start of what healled the "special military operation" in ukraine, and
they have used them on their own people. they've used them in syria. so we have to take the threat seriously. and it's a serious threat, particularly for a permanent member of the security council to make such a threat. and we will respond and hold them accountable. >> is there a plan in place? >> the plan is to bring them before the security council. the plan is to discourage them from taking such an action. and it's our hope that the pressure that we're putting on them now in the...
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tell us about that. >> people really get mad about that. the reality is, i wanted to have a conversation. why did it! so much anger? this idea we should be paying women, why is it so hard for us to see that as work? part of it is that so many feminists thought about the quality of the quality in the workplace. the point of getting participation is to get them to work. i think it means giving women the choice. we look at women who stay home with the stain, why? if you want to stay home, that is your choice. and we should live in a society where we see that as valuable. >> thank you for your time. >> thank you for having me. >> we have heard today about mothers who have influenced civil, environmental and social movements . as well as those who influence our individual lives. i am fortunate my own mother has been a guide in my life. what about you? we would love to hear about your mom and what she has meant to you. or, get your thoughts on the role of mothers in our world. you can email us at kqed.org. we are also online on twitter and you ca
tell us about that. >> people really get mad about that. the reality is, i wanted to have a conversation. why did it! so much anger? this idea we should be paying women, why is it so hard for us to see that as work? part of it is that so many feminists thought about the quality of the quality in the workplace. the point of getting participation is to get them to work. i think it means giving women the choice. we look at women who stay home with the stain, why? if you want to stay home,...
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. >> whistling was used widely used until the day the telephone arrived. that was in 1965. around the same time most young people left the village to study or find work. >> woodruff: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: it's been widely expected, and now it's confirmed: president trump is demolishing a pillar of the obama administration's immigration policy. today's announcement confirmed the end of a program shielding many young immigrants from deportation. john yang begins our coverage. >> yang: attorney general jeff sessions said the decision to cancel the program was all about the rule of law. >> the compassionate thing is to end the lawlessness, enforce our laws and, if congress chooses to make changes in those laws, to do so through the process set forth by our founders. >> yang: acro
. >> whistling was used widely used until the day the telephone arrived. that was in 1965. around the same time most young people left the village to study or find work. >> woodruff: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from...
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thank you both for being here. >> thank you for having us. >> tell us about these layoffs. how is it being felt in california? >> the layoffs are happening at big global companies to focus on text companies. amazon has a presence here so hundreds of people so far have lost their jobs in california that work for amazon, but also salesforce which is the biggest employer in san francisco. they are laying off thousands of people and those cuts began this week. they will be effective in march and more to come. ceo said they are going to be cutting in the coming weeks and companies like cisco and meta are also cutting thousands of people but only hundred have shown up in the filings with the state appellate on you. they, i think this first quarter is going to be when we feel it. when me see the positions being cut and when the businesses that rely on these text companies, other businesses that rely on these tech companies will start to feel the pain. >> there are also some ways that companies are also discouraging workers perhaps ? from coming back and staying in those positions.
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thank you for joining us on the show. >> thank you for having me. >>> tell us about the findings in your study. >> we do know that california is actually a region that is subject to episodic severe flood events and throughout its geologic history. there was something that happened about five times per millennia or so so maybe every 200 years and the last really big one was in 1862 and produced what came to be known as the great flood of 1862. we do expect that climate change is significantly upping the odds and in this study we did find that climate change has essentially doubled the likelihood at least of relative to about a century ago and that the warming we are likely to see over the coming decades will further increase that risk and to be clear as to what we are talking about, it is a weeks long sequence of severe an atmospheric river storms that bring perhaps 100 inches of rainfall in the mountains or local even more, so this is a very large amount of precipitation in a pretty short period of time were talking about. >> what does that look like? can you paint a picture for us in ur
thank you for joining us on the show. >> thank you for having me. >>> tell us about the findings in your study. >> we do know that california is actually a region that is subject to episodic severe flood events and throughout its geologic history. there was something that happened about five times per millennia or so so maybe every 200 years and the last really big one was in 1862 and produced what came to be known as the great flood of 1862. we do expect that climate...
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we hope students who use , need kqed they will use it a little while and edwill not to use it anymore. >> danielle, how can people access the app what is it free? where can students get this? ca >> studentget it on their campuses. nod is being offered as an enterprise solution, were colleges and universirces can se a license to offer nod to their students on campus for free. >> okay. will, you are in your last semestersef college and to graduate in december, just a couple months away. how has the pandemic impacted your vision tur your and your anxieties about it as well? >> yeah, i think this pandemic could have ally destroyed a lot of college students when it comes to their mind-set and their pursuit to continue to chase their dreams. k though, i ththe pandemic really created such a resilient effect upon all of gen z folks. the fact we're not giving up and we're still pushing, we're still attending school, still chasing our dreams, still owtalking in internships how resilient the generation of gen z is, just continue to pursue those things that we truly do love. it could've been very
we hope students who use , need kqed they will use it a little while and edwill not to use it anymore. >> danielle, how can people access the app what is it free? where can students get this? ca >> studentget it on their campuses. nod is being offered as an enterprise solution, were colleges and universirces can se a license to offer nod to their students on campus for free. >> okay. will, you are in your last semestersef college and to graduate in december, just a couple...
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tell us about your story. we expected some response, but we were overwhelmed with the t respont we got. you know, to the point that we had like over 67,000 people sign up, to get some help and again, these are the students all over the state. people that are failing -- feeling the pinch. people who left their campuses, their housing, they probably went back to live with their parents if they are situation, and there really is a danger, it isnot like ey can go back to the labor market to start working, because they were students. they weren't working. nothere is reallynothing for them. the pain is real, the concerns are real, and i think we have a sense of at through this process. >> tell me about the funding itself. wh e were you abto raise this money, especially during a very difficult time? who are your donors? >> founately, we have been working with partners in the philanthropy world, who started this work with college teachers foundation, we started engagi them, thinking about what is it that we can do tog
tell us about your story. we expected some response, but we were overwhelmed with the t respont we got. you know, to the point that we had like over 67,000 people sign up, to get some help and again, these are the students all over the state. people that are failing -- feeling the pinch. people who left their campuses, their housing, they probably went back to live with their parents if they are situation, and there really is a danger, it isnot like ey can go back to the labor market to start...
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this is how we hope you use it. this is how we hope you don't use it. i think looking at it as a living document, a point of discussion the it has been helpful to have that initial contract we get to reference. >> let's talk about schools. and, well there is a lot of concern among teachers who say, students constant use of smartphones, computer, video games, it's really hampering their attention spans and their ability to work through complicated problems they're used to getting an instant answer on google for example. how should we as a society address this? >> well one of the episodes in the new season is called a case for dreaming. it explores the neuroscience of daydreaming. and how, much creativity comes from when you are just, not in front of a screen. and you are making, connections to, in your own brain. and so i am a big proponent of day dreaming. but the reality is, we are living in the 21st century. everyone has screensen fro ein f them. there are so many environments great to use. films. research. then times when you need to do hand on inter
this is how we hope you use it. this is how we hope you don't use it. i think looking at it as a living document, a point of discussion the it has been helpful to have that initial contract we get to reference. >> let's talk about schools. and, well there is a lot of concern among teachers who say, students constant use of smartphones, computer, video games, it's really hampering their attention spans and their ability to work through complicated problems they're used to getting an...
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laura joins us to explain. eagle pass is a key border community where greg abbott is carrying out a program known as operational start. what are the conditions like there now? >> i spoke to congressman castro, a texas democrat, who recently went to eagle pass to see what the conditions were like there, the new tactics the governor has deployed, and this is what he said he saw. >> they have placed what i consider death traps along the rio grande river. this razor wire that is placed in such a way that hydrants can come up against it and not see it -- that migrants can come up against it and not see it. two weeks ago, there was a dead body found attached to one of those barrels. they have got this saw-like device in the middle, which is obviously very dangerous. >> the barrels that congressman castro was talking about our floating barriers governor abbott has placed on the rio grande, which a lot of humanitarian and immigration advocates have had concern about because of the fact that migrants have to come across
laura joins us to explain. eagle pass is a key border community where greg abbott is carrying out a program known as operational start. what are the conditions like there now? >> i spoke to congressman castro, a texas democrat, who recently went to eagle pass to see what the conditions were like there, the new tactics the governor has deployed, and this is what he said he saw. >> they have placed what i consider death traps along the rio grande river. this razor wire that is placed...
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you knowmy brothers, it's all of us. all of us will be dead before they let us go. as much as i hope that we are founnot guilty, and i get to go home to my family, i don't think it'll matter. i believe that what we have done has made a difference, and will continue to make a difference. >> when tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty! >> whether we agree or disagree even with the bundys, we all are victims when this is allowed toe lace. when there is this kind of breach of the rule of law, wre all harmed. na ator: in november 2017, a surprise. >> ...ammon bundy is out of jail today... >> facing chges stemming from a 2014 armed standoff...to >> narra the judge ordered that the bundy's could be released while their trial was under way. trying to tell the wor that what hapned there was not what the governments been saying happened.>> arrator: weeks later all the charges against the bundys were dismissed. ♪ ♪ hold, hold hold on to me ♪ 'cause i'm a little unsteady ♪ >> what's the situation there? >> how do you explain that? >> are you ready for this world th
you knowmy brothers, it's all of us. all of us will be dead before they let us go. as much as i hope that we are founnot guilty, and i get to go home to my family, i don't think it'll matter. i believe that what we have done has made a difference, and will continue to make a difference. >> when tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty! >> whether we agree or disagree even with the bundys, we all are victims when this is allowed toe lace. when there is this kind of breach of the...
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the houthis are right there behind us, just 50 meters away the soldiers tell us. they are exchanging fire with them. this front line moves all the time as the houthis try to push towards marib. the rebels constantly test the government forces defenses. the fighting here is crude, brutal close combat. despite being backed financially and logistically by a saudi-led coalition of countries, conditions on the front are tough for the yemeni government troops. we traveled across yemen's northeast desert, to where this war has reached a climax. we heard no saudi war planes providing air support, and the ly heavy weaponry we saw were these howitzers, unused while we were there. the medivac station is a shack with a few boxes of medines. the only way to a hospital is the same way we came, in the back of a truck. it's two hours from here, over the desert in trucks for injured soldiers coming from the front. there's not one helicopter in the entire front line. after years, yemen's war is reaching a defining point on this battlefield. the iran-allied houthi rebels seized cont
the houthis are right there behind us, just 50 meters away the soldiers tell us. they are exchanging fire with them. this front line moves all the time as the houthis try to push towards marib. the rebels constantly test the government forces defenses. the fighting here is crude, brutal close combat. despite being backed financially and logistically by a saudi-led coalition of countries, conditions on the front are tough for the yemeni government troops. we traveled across yemen's northeast...
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they had researched us from the beginning. they had intelligence on us about all our work. they wanted to know our political leanings or whether we had any connections with extremist groups. >> narrator: the fighters get word there will be a nighttime meeting with their american contacts. muhammad rides with ahmed, the battalion's supply officer. >> narrator: ahmed won't let muhammad come all the way to the meeting. he says he doesn't want the american contacts to see him. >> narrator: for most of the war, the rebels have had to rely on capturing weapons from the battlefield itself. they had shown muhammad something they'd captured. >> narrator: the rebels are lucky. the fighter jet didn't spot them this time. >> narrator: muhammad has now heard from ahmed, the driver who dropped him off. >> several hours have passed now. the fighters are returning back from the turkish border with a new shipment of ammunition. >> narrator: back at the camp, the rebels unload their new munitions. the next morning, they show muhammad what they've received. >> narrator: like most of the weapo
they had researched us from the beginning. they had intelligence on us about all our work. they wanted to know our political leanings or whether we had any connections with extremist groups. >> narrator: the fighters get word there will be a nighttime meeting with their american contacts. muhammad rides with ahmed, the battalion's supply officer. >> narrator: ahmed won't let muhammad come all the way to the meeting. he says he doesn't want the american contacts to see him. >>...
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thanks for joining us. this kind of quick action on capitol hill, which kind of quick agreement is almost unheard of these days. what brought it about? >> well, i think the-- when you bring pain to the public, that's when congress reacts to sequestration. a lot of the other cuts are a little bit more theoretical. they don't touch people in a big way. and you also had here some fairly significant lobbies, the airline, some big unions, also weighing in heavily as well. >> warner: how bad-- we heard a lot of people complaining. we saw long lines at airports. how bad were the delays at their peak this week. how many passengers were actually affected? >> gosh, i don't have a passenger total, but that's a very good question. this is the time of year when you get more thunder storms and bad weather that affect flight delays so they tend to ramp up, and i think overall the total delays we saw were pretty typical for this time. year. now, having said that, we did see an increase in delays of about-- between 400 to a
thanks for joining us. this kind of quick action on capitol hill, which kind of quick agreement is almost unheard of these days. what brought it about? >> well, i think the-- when you bring pain to the public, that's when congress reacts to sequestration. a lot of the other cuts are a little bit more theoretical. they don't touch people in a big way. and you also had here some fairly significant lobbies, the airline, some big unions, also weighing in heavily as well. >> warner: how...
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chris bus kirk joining us analyst join us from phoenix, arizona. michael nutter, the focus right now at this convention is on women. but broadly we've been hearing about issues, we've been hearing about gun violence, about climate change. we've heard from powerful women like nancy pelosi, hillary clinton, how much as somebody you know american politics how much does the women's vote and reaching women this year, how much is that going to matter? >> well judy, it always matters. certainly. i know a night or so ago there was discussion about when are we going to get to the issues? well we're in the issues. and we're in the issues that the american public really care about. immigration, climate change and certainly violence, gun violence and domestic violence. these are serious issues. they don't just affect women, they affect the entire family, they affect an entire community. and they are also very emotional issues. it was emotionally painful to hear some of the testimony and comments. emma gonzales and congresswoman gird. the women that we just saw
chris bus kirk joining us analyst join us from phoenix, arizona. michael nutter, the focus right now at this convention is on women. but broadly we've been hearing about issues, we've been hearing about gun violence, about climate change. we've heard from powerful women like nancy pelosi, hillary clinton, how much as somebody you know american politics how much does the women's vote and reaching women this year, how much is that going to matter? >> well judy, it always matters. certainly....
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thanks for joining us. a chese satellite identified another large object floating object in the indian ocean. shins are heading to the area to determine whether the 70 foot part is coming from the malaysian airline line their disappeared with 239 on board. the discovery is 75 miles from the area ships have been hunting based on another satellite image made public nearly 72 hours ago. nothing has turned up in that area so far. the search has been hampered by strong currents andough seas. we'll have more on malaysian airlines flight 370 after the news country. >>> russia took over the last facility in crimea that remained under ukrainian control. russian troops n armored vehicles stormed the base. at least one was injured in the assault. russians issued # ultimatum for forces to surrender no later than today n. the heavily russian speaking area of east ukraine, 5,000 demonstrators, many waves russian flags called for the ousting of viktor yanukovych. >> look what is happening in the country. it is against the
thanks for joining us. a chese satellite identified another large object floating object in the indian ocean. shins are heading to the area to determine whether the 70 foot part is coming from the malaysian airline line their disappeared with 239 on board. the discovery is 75 miles from the area ships have been hunting based on another satellite image made public nearly 72 hours ago. nothing has turned up in that area so far. the search has been hampered by strong currents andough seas. we'll...
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>> not us. >> rose: not us meaning what? >> meaning not us who are benefiting from the situation. you said who is benefiting from the situation. >> rose: i was just trying to make the point there were a lot of groups that are there and come in. everybody recognizes they've come in and it's a concern for many people. and you just expressed the same concern, did you not? >> yes, i did. >> rose: so i mean, do you believe that assad would stay in power and would fight a long drawn out civil war if it did not have the support of russia? >> look, first before answering this question, i really want, i sincerely want to understand what do you mean by support from russia. >> rose: you tell me. >> that we say we're not going to endorse a security council resolution, which is demanding a unilateral capitulation of the regime? yes. we cannot let this resolution pass because this is absolutely unrealistic, and this would only invite outside intervention. >> rose: when is it when a regime is so committing war crimes and so morally offensive to any civil society that everything has to be done th
>> not us. >> rose: not us meaning what? >> meaning not us who are benefiting from the situation. you said who is benefiting from the situation. >> rose: i was just trying to make the point there were a lot of groups that are there and come in. everybody recognizes they've come in and it's a concern for many people. and you just expressed the same concern, did you not? >> yes, i did. >> rose: so i mean, do you believe that assad would stay in power and would...
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that surprised us. among the top 25 highest paid doctors, about half were ophthalmologists and we looked into this a little bit and found out that's being driven by some of these new, very expensive drugs that are now available to treat people with a condition of blindness called macular degeneration that's very common in the elderly. a lot of doctors are using these drugs, administering them in their offices, and that's where a significant amount of medicare going which i don't think many people realize until now when we were able to crunch these numbers. >> woodruff: up until now, shannon, what was the general understanding of how medicare was supposed to work? >> the idea of how it is supposed to work is that the doctors who are treating the most seniors, who are providing quality services, that they're properly treating their patients, the seniors, the 50 million elderly and disabled who get this money. you know, what is the concern has always been is that there is a lot of waste in the system, that
that surprised us. among the top 25 highest paid doctors, about half were ophthalmologists and we looked into this a little bit and found out that's being driven by some of these new, very expensive drugs that are now available to treat people with a condition of blindness called macular degeneration that's very common in the elderly. a lot of doctors are using these drugs, administering them in their offices, and that's where a significant amount of medicare going which i don't think many...
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thanks for joining us. china's new national security law for hong kong has been greeted with protests and condemnation from the international community. the legislation passed yesterday gives beijing powers to shape life in hong kong as never before. deres were greeted by this, the sign read, celebrate a national security law. many did not celebrate, police made their first arrests under this is some of the clashes cebetween and demonsators. cannons and tear gas we used. anthere have been mor 350 arrests. 10w of them related to the law, which targe subversion and terrorism with punishments up to life in prison. here is an example of what constitutes an offense. ng kong police tweeting, three females arrested for showing materials with hong kong independence slogans, violating the law. anyone who organizes plans, commits, or participate in committing secession or undermining national ubefication shal guilty of an offense. that is three women arrested for holding banners with independence slogans. that has sc
thanks for joining us. china's new national security law for hong kong has been greeted with protests and condemnation from the international community. the legislation passed yesterday gives beijing powers to shape life in hong kong as never before. deres were greeted by this, the sign read, celebrate a national security law. many did not celebrate, police made their first arrests under this is some of the clashes cebetween and demonsators. cannons and tear gas we used. anthere have been mor...
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fake us ba take us back to that moment. it must have resonated with you and your family as well. >> yeah. and it's important where, i think why this matters, why, for example n this story lola journey, her attempt to figure out her relationship to her home, but in some ways to kind of investigate her family's relationship to her home. her innocent child-like questions open up an opportunity for her grandmother, her abuela to, in fact, say things that she perhaps has not said, to bear witness. lola, her innocence and just her curiosity opened space for the generations to meet, and to meet honestly. and i thought that was really, really important. and for me, very moving because that's what happened with me. i had to ask my grandparents questions, because i needed answers to things. and it was only because i asked the questions that that space opened up for them to think about some of the events and some of the kind of experiences that they've had that they've locked away and thought that nobody wanted to hear about. create a
fake us ba take us back to that moment. it must have resonated with you and your family as well. >> yeah. and it's important where, i think why this matters, why, for example n this story lola journey, her attempt to figure out her relationship to her home, but in some ways to kind of investigate her family's relationship to her home. her innocent child-like questions open up an opportunity for her grandmother, her abuela to, in fact, say things that she perhaps has not said, to bear...
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good to have you with us. why are you down on dividend paying stocks as an investment strategy right now? >> well, they have gotten expensive. that's because as you said they were extremely popular after the 2008 crash really. a lot of investors who wanted to stay in stocks but wanted something relatively safe within the stock market felt higher yielding companies were a safer version of stocks. as a result, they have outperformed the rest of the stock market over most of the last four years. >> so seth, what should people do if they have their portfolios loaded up with the blue chip high quality companies that pay good dividends? can they still hold on to them for a little bit longer or do you suggest they unload them right away? >> well, i think it would be an excellent time to look at the other things that are in the stock market that we think are a bit more attractive. here's an easy way to think about that. dividend paying stocks that have relatively high dividends historically have been about a third of
good to have you with us. why are you down on dividend paying stocks as an investment strategy right now? >> well, they have gotten expensive. that's because as you said they were extremely popular after the 2008 crash really. a lot of investors who wanted to stay in stocks but wanted something relatively safe within the stock market felt higher yielding companies were a safer version of stocks. as a result, they have outperformed the rest of the stock market over most of the last four...
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can you tell us what happened, sir? - [macneil]: yes, it was aroup of people who called themselves nonviolent demonstrators from the act up aids group, who complained that we and the media are spending too much time and attention on the war in the middle east, which they say will never kill as many people as are dying of aids. and i told them that this program has spent a lot of time on the aids matter, and will continue to be interested in it, and we will be covering it more in the future. - [glover]: the essential values that have come to define pbs newshour was shaped in many ways by jim lehrer. with his unwavering humility, honesty, and passionate pursuit of the truth, he is regarded by many as the show's guiding spirit. - [woodruff]: he car a lot about getting it right, he cared about being as close to perfect as possible. he let you know if something wasn't perfect, all in the name of having the most outstanding program that you could put on the air. - [kerger]: jim lehrer was always very clear that we're not in t
can you tell us what happened, sir? - [macneil]: yes, it was aroup of people who called themselves nonviolent demonstrators from the act up aids group, who complained that we and the media are spending too much time and attention on the war in the middle east, which they say will never kill as many people as are dying of aids. and i told them that this program has spent a lot of time on the aids matter, and will continue to be interested in it, and we will be covering it more in the future. -...
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it recharges water which builds up our groundwater supplies, but also this allows us to use our colorado river water for conservation purposes. >> sreenivasan: the community now uses or stores its full allocation of colorado river water in underground aquifers. but in 2017, phoenix and several other partners paid the community $12 million to leaver some of its wa lake mead. this pay-to-conserve transaction is called system conservation. >> essentially you find someone who's willing to use less water, someone compensates them for using that less water. the water though that's saved, it doesn't belong to anybody. it belongs to the system. that's why is called system nservation. it stays up in lake mead and r just helps booervoir levels for everyone who depends on that water. >> sreenivasan: phoenix is also partnering with environmental organizations to maintain levele on the salt ane rivers, two bodies of water that supply the city. an hour and a half nf phoenix in the rural town of camp verde we met up with kimberly schonek. she works for the not nature conservancy managing projects along
it recharges water which builds up our groundwater supplies, but also this allows us to use our colorado river water for conservation purposes. >> sreenivasan: the community now uses or stores its full allocation of colorado river water in underground aquifers. but in 2017, phoenix and several other partners paid the community $12 million to leaver some of its wa lake mead. this pay-to-conserve transaction is called system conservation. >> essentially you find someone who's willing...
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join us tomorrow evening for all of us here, thank you and we will see you soon. >> major funding has been provided by the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. and friends of the newshour. >> sumer cellular, how may i help you? this is a pocket dial. i thought i would let you know that with consumer cellular, you get nationwide coverage with no contract. that is sort of our thing. have a nice day. ? these are people who are trying to change the world. startups have...
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she joins us in the kitchen to show us one of her favorite food waste kitchen hacks. o of the things i hate wasting the most are avocados. >> reporter: look at t it's really gooey and dark. you're not going to eat that, are you? >> it's totally fine to eat. the browning is justrom enzymes in the fruit. so, what i like to do is u it in a chocolate mousse. the cocoa really covers that up. first, you put avocado in a food processor. >> reporter: then we added five other simple ingredients: cacao powder, milk, vanilla, salt and maple syrup. it's going to taste like dessert. >> it will, i promise. >> reporter: gunders says a large part of e food waste problem here in the u.s. is cultural. >> if i walk down the street today and throw some food on the ground, peould think i'm crazy. but if i throw that same food in the garbage can, people would not think much of it. and i think that signals the right now of food going tohave waste. >> reporter: she points to great britain as an example of a's country thut a dent in the cultural acceptance of food waste. the household, so we
she joins us in the kitchen to show us one of her favorite food waste kitchen hacks. o of the things i hate wasting the most are avocados. >> reporter: look at t it's really gooey and dark. you're not going to eat that, are you? >> it's totally fine to eat. the browning is justrom enzymes in the fruit. so, what i like to do is u it in a chocolate mousse. the cocoa really covers that up. first, you put avocado in a food processor. >> reporter: then we added five other simple...
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. >> they abused us. they did not respect us or anyone's human rights. i thought if you come here to their country to request asylum, they will listen to you. they killed that. judy: all that and more on the newshour. ♪ >> major funding for the pbs newshour been provided by >> before we talk about your investments, audrey is expecting. >> twins. ♪ >> change of plans. at fidelity, a change in plans is part of the plan always. >> johnson & johnson. consumer cellular. fincial services firm raymond james. committed to advancing restorative justice and meaningful work through investments in transformative leaders and ideas. carnegie corporation of new york supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of international peace and security at carnegie.org. and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ judy: the white house is issuing calls to action to
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terrorists. >> they say they are protecting us but they are not protecting us. they are shooting us. >> >> we syrians are people who are suffering the most from isis. there is a group of people who give us hope who are trying to save lives. >> we are people like everyone. >> the hbo documentary film "cries from syria" will debut march 13 on hbo, i am pleased to have the film's director, evgeny afineevsky and journalist kholoud helmi at this table for the first time. >> welcome. >> thank you. >> cohen: evgeny, syria is unconscionable abomination, it is a stain on all humanity but this war has now been going on for almost six years. half a million dead, 5 million refugees, other millions displaced. in a lot of people's eyes just glaze over at this point, they see syria and they throw up their hands, so why did you make this movie? why did you decide that this was a film you had to make? >> i think a lot of people still have lack of knowledge about syria, at the beginning of the revolution, about what brought such a huge cry. we, this is the most serious since the
terrorists. >> they say they are protecting us but they are not protecting us. they are shooting us. >> >> we syrians are people who are suffering the most from isis. there is a group of people who give us hope who are trying to save lives. >> we are people like everyone. >> the hbo documentary film "cries from syria" will debut march 13 on hbo, i am pleased to have the film's director, evgeny afineevsky and journalist kholoud helmi at this table for the...
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suspects a nerve agent was used. mr. trump consulted his national security team and with allies today, all this following a weekend strike on a damscus suburb. special correspondent jane ferguson in beirut begins our coverage and a warning: images in this report will disturb many viewers. >> it was an atrocious attack, it was horrible, you don't see things like that, >> ferguson: in the cabinet room e is morning, president trump said there wouldprice to pay for saturday's apparent chemical attack >> we'll be making majoron deciover the next 24 to 48 hours. >> ferguson: footage from the damascus suburb of douma shows humanity under siege.hi not even cren were spared from the latest atrocity. heasked if he would answer attack with air strikes, president trump had this to say: >> nothing's off the table. >> ferguson: the u.s. denied responsibility for air strikes that hit a syrian base near homs early this morning. russia and syria said israel launched the strike; an israeli spokesperson would neideer confirm no it. as news
suspects a nerve agent was used. mr. trump consulted his national security team and with allies today, all this following a weekend strike on a damscus suburb. special correspondent jane ferguson in beirut begins our coverage and a warning: images in this report will disturb many viewers. >> it was an atrocious attack, it was horrible, you don't see things like that, >> ferguson: in the cabinet room e is morning, president trump said there wouldprice to pay for saturday's apparent...
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she joins us now. matea, democrats see the koch brothers as bogeymen of politics and republicans see them perhaps as their safer. which is it or is it a little bit of both? >> i think if we've learned anything about the kochs over the last several elections is that they really are independent players in a lot of ways. they are clearly devoting the most of their resources in the political arena to help republicans, but they're not working in lockstep with the republican party. and this announcement about the amount of money that their network is going to put in over the next two years-- which i should note is not all going to political activity-- that really upends the balance in-- and takes away a lot of power from the r.n.c., you could argue. >> ifill: i'm actually surprised we even know that number. their reputation has been of a shadowy bunch of political financiers. is this their attempt to be more open and transparent? >> we have seen an interesting change in their spotlight. as the democrats have
she joins us now. matea, democrats see the koch brothers as bogeymen of politics and republicans see them perhaps as their safer. which is it or is it a little bit of both? >> i think if we've learned anything about the kochs over the last several elections is that they really are independent players in a lot of ways. they are clearly devoting the most of their resources in the political arena to help republicans, but they're not working in lockstep with the republican party. and this...
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i mean, if you're saying that they-they don't talk negatively about us, of good things to say about us. um, you know, i-i don't know why they wouldn't speak their mindse ertainly value speaking our minds. >> there is this well-known anecdotabout cheetahs and gazelles, this gazelle program. do you know about that? >> i don't. >> we've talked to where jeff had sai shouldt, basilly try to negotiate with book publishers and try to get better terms and treat thepu smalleishers as a cheetah would go after a wounded gazelle." >> i didn't hear the cheetah and gazelle example, but what we were looking for was people that were willing to moveway from the old model of bricks and mortar to a new model, which was, you know, a-a virtual store that had many different types of opportunities to present their books to customers. >> i want to talk a little bit about how we think about innovation at amazon.com. >> narrator: amazon would begin to accumulate even more power in 2005, when bezos quietly rolledn out a revoluy new program: amazon prime. >> now they have somethingca lled the prime shipping >> am
i mean, if you're saying that they-they don't talk negatively about us, of good things to say about us. um, you know, i-i don't know why they wouldn't speak their mindse ertainly value speaking our minds. >> there is this well-known anecdotabout cheetahs and gazelles, this gazelle program. do you know about that? >> i don't. >> we've talked to where jeff had sai shouldt, basilly try to negotiate with book publishers and try to get better terms and treat thepu smalleishers as a...
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mertz showed us the results for if i'm a city manager, how do i use this? >> you could say i'm going to do all the red stuff. or, here's a main road. even though it's yellow, i'm going to do it because it gets so much traffic. >> brown: mertz and carnegie mellon have just launched a private spin-off company, called roadbotics, to sell the technology to local governments. the nearby town of north huntingdon was first to sign on. one idea is to mount cameras on garbage trucks, which travel every city street once a week. >> the idea here is, if it's so inexpensive, you can do it all the time. you can address the problems right away. >> brown: before it's a big pothole. >> before it's a big pothole. for every dollar spent in preventative maintenance, you save $10 in reconstructive maintenance. that's a huge savings. >> brown: although pittsburgh was involved in a pilot project using this technology, it hasn't yet signed onto a long-term contract. alex pazuchamics explains. >> technology is moving very quickly. there's a risk to making a large investment without
mertz showed us the results for if i'm a city manager, how do i use this? >> you could say i'm going to do all the red stuff. or, here's a main road. even though it's yellow, i'm going to do it because it gets so much traffic. >> brown: mertz and carnegie mellon have just launched a private spin-off company, called roadbotics, to sell the technology to local governments. the nearby town of north huntingdon was first to sign on. one idea is to mount cameras on garbage trucks, which...
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we removed a symbol that was being used to divide us, and we found a strength that united us against a domestic terrorist and the hate that filled him. there's an important lesson in this. in many parts of society today, whether in popular culture, academia, the media, or politics, there's a tendency to falsely equate noise with results. some people think that you have to be the loudest voice in the room to make a difference. that is just not true. often, the best thing we can do is turn down the volume. when the sound is quieter, you can actually hear what someone else is saying. and that can make a world of difference. of course that doesn't mean we won't have strong disagreements. we will. and as we usher in this new era, republicans will stand up for our beliefs. if we held the white house, taxes would be lower for working families, and we'd put the brakes on runaway spending and debt. we would encourage american innovation and success instead of demonizing them, so our economy would truly soar and good jobs would be available across our country. we would reform education so it w
we removed a symbol that was being used to divide us, and we found a strength that united us against a domestic terrorist and the hate that filled him. there's an important lesson in this. in many parts of society today, whether in popular culture, academia, the media, or politics, there's a tendency to falsely equate noise with results. some people think that you have to be the loudest voice in the room to make a difference. that is just not true. often, the best thing we can do is turn down...
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stay with us at if you can on "bbc world news." the afghan network is taking control of the shelters for abused women accusing them of wasting money. staggering inflation figures emerged from china. prices rose nearly 5% in january. >> inflation here is much higher than the government wants. doing what it can to try to stabilize prices. this latest data shows the scale of the problem. food is nearly 10% higher than a year ago. prices of some daily staples are rising faster. fruits are currently more than a third more expensive than last year. egg prices are more than 20% higher. bad weather is somewhat to blame for the pushing up of prices. the government says that it is trying to boost production. it is not easy. food is not the only expense that people have to worry about. heighten costs of living, electricity, gas, and water were lower than economists expected. people still feel that there are problems. >> i feel pressure from the increasing problems. the rent on my apartment has increased. this puts pressure on ordinary people.
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it is to say whether weapons were used, not who used them. a visit is highly unlikely and impossible. you would still get a claim as to who used them. >> inks for a much. today the white house expressed deep concerns over these reports. joined by the man who used to be president obama's coordinator. that is a fairly depressing reaction from the international community. even if the us inspect others -- if the inspectors get there, their mandate is so limited. to act have been unable with any force because of the divisions between russia and the westone hand and on the other, so the security council has been unable to take action, and it reflect fundamentally different interest with theg hours western government calling on a flawed to leave. politicals not much activity. even if there was, is there much that could be done about these chemical weapons? >> these operations are very different. they would run the risk of triggering even more chemical weapons use. if the assad government thought butas going down in flames, i agree there is no pressu
it is to say whether weapons were used, not who used them. a visit is highly unlikely and impossible. you would still get a claim as to who used them. >> inks for a much. today the white house expressed deep concerns over these reports. joined by the man who used to be president obama's coordinator. that is a fairly depressing reaction from the international community. even if the us inspect others -- if the inspectors get there, their mandate is so limited. to act have been unable with...
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we'll have it tweeted to us or e-mailed to us any minute. separately, from all this that we're talking about, like vice president harris, activist and tennis legend billie jean king, also knows something about break glass ceilings, and she■ç joinss from palm desert, california. billie jean king, it is so good see you again. thank you for joining us. you're watching-- wuf been part of making history. what do you think about today as another day of history? >> well, thank you, judy, for having me. it's been wonderful watching pbç today. and today for me, as i watched history unfold, it's one of the greatest days of my life. fantastic! ever since i was 13 years old and i decided i would always champion equality, this is a day i have waited for, forever. i've thought about it. i've envisioned it. and here we have, finally, i can say, vice president kamala harris is our first woman, south asian, as you said, jamaican descent, and first-generation american. and her mother always took her to, like, rallies for civil rights, for the women's move
we'll have it tweeted to us or e-mailed to us any minute. separately, from all this that we're talking about, like vice president harris, activist and tennis legend billie jean king, also knows something about break glass ceilings, and she■ç joinss from palm desert, california. billie jean king, it is so good see you again. thank you for joining us. you're watching-- wuf been part of making history. what do you think about today as another day of history? >> well, thank you, judy, for...
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what more can you tell us? >> one of the leaders of the police department told merrick garland for the news conference that breonna taylor was a symptom of a larger problem and the report details the extent of those abuses. we heard there from the attorney general -- laura: so sorry about that. you're having some problems with the audio. let's turn to the war in ukraine , the secretary-general was in keith. he talked to volodymyr zelenskyy about extending a deal. the green initiative was extended last year, brokered by the u.n. and turkiye which allows ships to sail into international waters, cutting across the straight in istanbul. the deal is up for renewal last weekend russia voted -- signaled might not vote to support it. >> the initiative agreed in istanbul has provided for the export of grain from ukrainian ports. it contributed to lowering the global cost of food. indeed, the food price index has fallen by most 20% over the last year. exports of ukrainian and russian fertilizer are essential. i want to u
what more can you tell us? >> one of the leaders of the police department told merrick garland for the news conference that breonna taylor was a symptom of a larger problem and the report details the extent of those abuses. we heard there from the attorney general -- laura: so sorry about that. you're having some problems with the audio. let's turn to the war in ukraine , the secretary-general was in keith. he talked to volodymyr zelenskyy about extending a deal. the green initiative was...
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makes us, us. my conversation with two eminent historians about their sweeping new pbs documentary series, civilization. >>> good evening everyone. in our age of political demonization, chemical weapons attacks, economic despair, it will be easy to lose sight of all the good humanity has achieved. the long view is the focus of a kn new series. it tells a story of progress through what uniquely makes us human. that is odd. >> from the dawn of time, to the birth of the modern, a new series for a new age. >> it's impossible. an amazing work of art. >> nobody had ever taken that step. >> art tells us something about the creative. >> among those telling this thrilling story, the historian simon, and david, who take us on a truly compelling and beautiful journey through millennia of human history, adding an s to the original and critically acclaimed 1960's series called simply civilization. gentlemen, welcome to the program. this is just as they say, m jess tierial -- the original was civilization. why t
makes us, us. my conversation with two eminent historians about their sweeping new pbs documentary series, civilization. >>> good evening everyone. in our age of political demonization, chemical weapons attacks, economic despair, it will be easy to lose sight of all the good humanity has achieved. the long view is the focus of a kn new series. it tells a story of progress through what uniquely makes us human. that is odd. >> from the dawn of time, to the birth of the modern, a...
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because it's aot of us. it's a lot of us! it's a lot of us! [cheers] robert: across t country, protests over the police killing of george floyd brings civil ioght to the floor of the american convers >> i am your president of law and order - robert: but president trump responds with force and calls for dominatn. former military leaders and some republicans are alarmed. >> i am struggling with it. i have struggled with it for a long time. robert: andra top dts speak out. >> donald trpas turned this country in a battlefield driven by old resentments and fierce. robert: next. announcer: this is "washington week." corporateunding is provided by -- >> life suspect a straight line. and sometimes you can find yourself heading in a new direction. fidelity is here to help you work through the unexpected, lawith financialing and ♪ ice for today and tomorrow. [laughter] ♪ announcer: keiser per man then in te. additional fund r funding is prided by the estate of arnold adams and koo and patricia yuen, with the yuen foundation committed to pridging cul
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i am grateful that poland will be with us in this part. an important point in our relations is the reconstruction of ukraine. it will make closer our businesses and our nations. it is important for us that poland will be one of the main partners of the reconstruction of ukraine. >> and in los angeles right now, the taiwanese president is meeting with the u.s. house speaker kevin mccarthy. in l.a. and not in washington dc. let's have a quick listen. >> and of course, president of taiwan is a great champion of that bond. taiwan is a successful democracy. a thriving economy. a global leader in health and science. and whether it is our deep commercial ties, strong people to people relationships, or shared values, our cooperation with the people of taiwan continues to expand through dialogue. the friendship of the people of taiwan and america is a matter of importance to the free world. it is critical to maintain economic freedom, peace, and regional stability. we will honor our obligations and reiterate our commitment to our shared values behi
i am grateful that poland will be with us in this part. an important point in our relations is the reconstruction of ukraine. it will make closer our businesses and our nations. it is important for us that poland will be one of the main partners of the reconstruction of ukraine. >> and in los angeles right now, the taiwanese president is meeting with the u.s. house speaker kevin mccarthy. in l.a. and not in washington dc. let's have a quick listen. >> and of course, president of...
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castro: it looks like one of us has learned the lessons of the past and one of us hasn't. laura: plus, president trump slaps more tariffs on chinese goods.fo ur americans already in need, the trade war is a burden they just cannot afford. laura: for those watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to "world news america." it has been a year since the akmocratic republic of congo declared an outbf the ebola virus. since then, 2700 people have become infected and 1800 have died, making it the worst outbreak in the country's arstory. neighboring nationtaking more precautions, fearing the diseas the world health organization has declared an international health emergafcy. our soutca correspondent anne soy reports. anne: it takes a lot to beat ebola. those who seek treatment have a better chance of survival.t buat the heart of the outbreak, conspiracies and violence drive infecti this treatment center was much smaller when i wasast here six nths ago.n the expaeaks to how big the outbreak has grown every time aase is confirmed, this team is sent to decontaminate everything th
castro: it looks like one of us has learned the lessons of the past and one of us hasn't. laura: plus, president trump slaps more tariffs on chinese goods.fo ur americans already in need, the trade war is a burden they just cannot afford. laura: for those watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to "world news america." it has been a year since the akmocratic republic of congo declared an outbf the ebola virus. since then, 2700 people have become infected and 1800 have died,...
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to use transit. no one on our board is oppositional to oversight, what is important now is that we make sure that our state actors and federal actors with bart but also the 26 providers in the bay area have what we need to be able to continue to move forward. folks who aren't transit dependent have a lot to say about art and other transit providers in my job is to keep us moving at the same time, ensure that we are providing clear oversight and accountability for the money that does come in. this is a system that operates in five counties that uses rail and has almost 4000 employees, every decision we make should be about fiscal asperity, we need to make sure we are doing the right thing, but my job will forever be to put transit justice, equity, and access at the center of the conversation. >> thank you for coming in today as you launch a campaign for congress. >> thank you. >>> it is a home for emergent live women led project since 1979. the san francisco women's buildin is covered in a vibranmural
to use transit. no one on our board is oppositional to oversight, what is important now is that we make sure that our state actors and federal actors with bart but also the 26 providers in the bay area have what we need to be able to continue to move forward. folks who aren't transit dependent have a lot to say about art and other transit providers in my job is to keep us moving at the same time, ensure that we are providing clear oversight and accountability for the money that does come in....
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so it is also helping us. but i can harm us and will be responsible for significant job displacement. i liken this to the steam engine when it was likened to society. is quite disruptive. but in a few years, it will look like a supersonic jet engine with a personality and we need to be prepared for that. >> everything seems to be happening so fast. we are all just trying to comprehend with the changes ahead look like. there are significant concerns about how a.i. could take jobs away. what sort of impact you expect a.i. to have on the labor market in the coming years? >> i urge everyon to try chat gtp on the internet. it is free. or you could try microsoft bing that uses the same technology. google has bard which does something similar. you will see how far a.i. has, and you will understand why a.i. will start replacing some jobs in the future. some new jobs will be created, but we have to do some thinking about how do we retrain people for jobs that may be displaced? >> app. because those tolls you are talkin
so it is also helping us. but i can harm us and will be responsible for significant job displacement. i liken this to the steam engine when it was likened to society. is quite disruptive. but in a few years, it will look like a supersonic jet engine with a personality and we need to be prepared for that. >> everything seems to be happening so fast. we are all just trying to comprehend with the changes ahead look like. there are significant concerns about how a.i. could take jobs away....
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customers can load money onto the card using direct deposit, using their smartphone or by reloading it at a wal-mart. shares of wal-mart rose a fraction, but enough to hit a new all-time high. american express stock added 0.4% to finish at a three week high. this pre-paid debit card deal is the latest financial services strategy for the two companies to attract new customers, and thanks to their sizes, it represents a potential threat to existing pre-paid card providers. two of those came under heavy selling pressure. green dot shares lost a fifth of their value, down 20.2%. green dot has an existing partnership with wal-mart. net-spend shed 7.4%. netflix stock continues being talked up by investment bank analysts. the latest today was morgan stanley's analyst, who thinks the stock rally has legs, upgrading shares to overweight, wall-street speak for buy. last week, citi's analyst repeated its buy recommendation. shares jumped 10.5% as volume more than doubled. this is net-flix's highest price since the company issued an earnings warning in late july. after the close tonight, medical d
customers can load money onto the card using direct deposit, using their smartphone or by reloading it at a wal-mart. shares of wal-mart rose a fraction, but enough to hit a new all-time high. american express stock added 0.4% to finish at a three week high. this pre-paid debit card deal is the latest financial services strategy for the two companies to attract new customers, and thanks to their sizes, it represents a potential threat to existing pre-paid card providers. two of those came under...
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from all of us here at kqed, thank you for joining us. good night. amna: turning back trump policies and tackling muttle crises, president biden marks one week in offers. >> this is a wartime undering. >> the white house works to ramp up vaccinations. >> this is a wake-up call to all of us. >> as the pandemic's deadliest month ends. president biden continues to call for unity but republicans remain divided on former president trump. >> this is nothing more than a partisan exercise designed to further divide the dunn. >> and concerns rise over continued violence on capitol. >> the enemy is within the house of representatives. >> next. ♪ >> this is "washington week." corporate funding is provided by --
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we can't be beat. >> we meet one of our fraternity brothers, show us around this college, give us the history of this college, guff us the background of this college. >> we attend school here, and we take classes here. we do mentoring, too, so we help younger student like yourselves to tell you what to expect. >> we have some going to howard. we have some going to lincoln university. we have some going to the university of kansas city. we have them going going all over the place and they cannot wait. they already have the exposure upon they know what to expect when they get there. they believe in themselves. they know that they can do it. and they can do it. >> when mr. warden came up with this vision, it was not only just about stepping, it was really. mentoring. it was about training up the new generation to think differently and showcase we're capable until we're not. when people of color are told they are not capable of doing, some he ground us. he told us where we came from and where we're going. >> i want to thank you for coming down here. i brought two of my teams, nationally r
we can't be beat. >> we meet one of our fraternity brothers, show us around this college, give us the history of this college, guff us the background of this college. >> we attend school here, and we take classes here. we do mentoring, too, so we help younger student like yourselves to tell you what to expect. >> we have some going to howard. we have some going to lincoln university. we have some going to the university of kansas city. we have them going going all over the...
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let us in! let us in! let us in! let us in! let us in! (chanting fading) ♪ ♪ (deep exhale) >> um... may 25 becomes another date that will forever mark the spark of this incendiary, social... thing that we live in. i don't really always know how to describe it because i feel like as a black person you always know it's there. >> i can't breathe, officer. (george floyd groaning) >> shut up! >> trying to killing me. they're gonna kill me, man. ♪ ♪ >> people all across this country watched a man have the life gleefully-- gleefully-- choked out of him. was it heartbreaking? absolutely. was surprising? no. this happens every day across this country. and finally, in this time, during a pandemic, black folks said enough is enough. >> i can't breathe! >> i can't breathe! >> i can't breathe! >> i can't breathe! >> i can't breathe! >> i can't breathe! (crowd chanting "george floyd") >> massive crowds swarming cities across the country are choosing social justice over social distancing. >> i don't think that black lives matter would have had the traction had it not been for corona, they are
let us in! let us in! let us in! let us in! let us in! (chanting fading) ♪ ♪ (deep exhale) >> um... may 25 becomes another date that will forever mark the spark of this incendiary, social... thing that we live in. i don't really always know how to describe it because i feel like as a black person you always know it's there. >> i can't breathe, officer. (george floyd groaning) >> shut up! >> trying to killing me. they're gonna kill me, man. ♪ ♪ >> people all...
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who is going to be with us? are we going to be the first western christian pro-israeli occupying force, military occupying force of an arab nation in that region? >> there's about 12 questions there, david. >> i'd say they're all irrelevant. >> woodruff: still, he's always kept it fun. mark, they spent three hours talking. so what do we assume has taken place here? >> well, we assume, first of all, judy, that this week will be a yawn. ( laughter ) >> woodruff: so we can all go home. >> well... >> woodruff: you're not supposed to say that, mark. and kept it civil, whether with us at the newshour, or at cnn's "capital gang," where he debated the late robert novak, alongside a good friend, my husband, al hunt. >> we've spent, judy, thousands of hours together, literally thousands of hours together. dinner with you and anne. we did a 17-year program together, conventions, out there on the campaign trail, and 30 years of georgetown basketball. i have learned a lot. and wow, it has been fun. >> woodruff: so, it's hard
who is going to be with us? are we going to be the first western christian pro-israeli occupying force, military occupying force of an arab nation in that region? >> there's about 12 questions there, david. >> i'd say they're all irrelevant. >> woodruff: still, he's always kept it fun. mark, they spent three hours talking. so what do we assume has taken place here? >> well, we assume, first of all, judy, that this week will be a yawn. ( laughter ) >> woodruff: so...
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this used to be very difficult for us to discern. very difficult to detect. and now with new genomic tools we're able to detect it with great resolution and lo and we hold we found out the variation turns out to be tremendously important, particularly in families where there's only a single affected child with autism. >> rose: what is the williams syndrome? >> interesting question. so williams syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder and what's so interesting about it is... so work from our laboratory looking at copy number variations found that in one region on chromosome 7 that if you have an extra copy on one chromosome-- so you have a total of three copies-- you're at very very high risk to have autism spectrum disorder. as soon as we found that we recognized that that was exactly the same region of the genome that when lost leads to this other condition called william syndrome. the difference between the two in terms of the social reciprocity, the interest, it's just extraordinarily interesting. remember what we're looking at is one spot, 26 genes out o
this used to be very difficult for us to discern. very difficult to detect. and now with new genomic tools we're able to detect it with great resolution and lo and we hold we found out the variation turns out to be tremendously important, particularly in families where there's only a single affected child with autism. >> rose: what is the williams syndrome? >> interesting question. so williams syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder and what's so interesting about it is... so work...
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he would not be attacking us. he would be using those weapons in ukraine. the question is what do we do then? i'm not sure what we would do. would we use nuclear weapons? would we get dragged into the war? when the professor talks about the consequences of this for the world order, i'm more worried about the consequences if we end up getting hit with nuclear weapons. we want to remember what president kennedy did during the cun missile crisis. he was in a similar situation. what he did was try to dampen the conflict. he tried to work out some sort of deal with khrushchev soe could both avoid getting vaporized. what the biden administration is doing is the opposite. it is putting pollutant in a position where he might very well use nuclear weapons. i think this is remarkably foolish. judy: evelyn, what do you see happening if vladimir putin were to resort to tactical nuclear weapons? what do you see the u.s. response -- >> i think he is most likely to use them if he feels it will be no consequences for him. if he thinks we will not counter with a nuclear use
he would not be attacking us. he would be using those weapons in ukraine. the question is what do we do then? i'm not sure what we would do. would we use nuclear weapons? would we get dragged into the war? when the professor talks about the consequences of this for the world order, i'm more worried about the consequences if we end up getting hit with nuclear weapons. we want to remember what president kennedy did during the cun missile crisis. he was in a similar situation. what he did was try...
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i was walking with a group of friends of mine, and a cop pulled a gun on us, and told us to get on the sidewalk. >> you can point your weapon commands to complyve them once you feel like the threat's neutralized, like, you know, they're complying with y, then you put your weapon away, and you know... >> have a normal interaction. >> yeah, have a normal interaction. >> cobb: but can you really have a normal interaction if someone's pointed a gun at you? i don't, i don't... >> you got to look at it our way. s i mean, th there was five or six males, and one of them possly has a weapon. what would you do as a police officer if you encounter a group of males, one supposedly has a weapon on him? w would you confront the situation? >> cob i'm not sure. but that's why i asked the question about, can you do this-- can this, can this be done in a way that still respects people's rights? i think that's the question that everybody is wondering about policing. >> listen, we try to go out there d respect everybody's ghts. >> exactly. >> we're not out he saying, "hey, we're going to violate this pers
i was walking with a group of friends of mine, and a cop pulled a gun on us, and told us to get on the sidewalk. >> you can point your weapon commands to complyve them once you feel like the threat's neutralized, like, you know, they're complying with y, then you put your weapon away, and you know... >> have a normal interaction. >> yeah, have a normal interaction. >> cobb: but can you really have a normal interaction if someone's pointed a gun at you? i don't, i...
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i use this as an example. the one time we all of us-- me included-- got scared that walt was too bad was that episode that happened toward the end of season 2 and walt goes over to jesse's house and -- >> rose: he's had too many drugs. >> and jesse and his girlfriend are sleeping off a heroin high and his girlfriend rolls over on to her back and starts to aspirate her own vomit and dies and walt doesn't stop it from happening. and my original pitch was that he actually does it on purpose, he gives her a hot dose, or a second dose. >> rose: you are bad! (laughter) >> everybody -- i didn't even know. my writers said no, that's -- no. >> rose: i get the picture. you've got these writers to keep the worst in you out! >> rose: it has come to that on occasion. but when we turned in the outline with the less active evil that walt -- you know, that makes use of is -- the company's called and said can we talk about this? this scares us a little. not that he's going to ever get that bad, we can buy into that. we said th
i use this as an example. the one time we all of us-- me included-- got scared that walt was too bad was that episode that happened toward the end of season 2 and walt goes over to jesse's house and -- >> rose: he's had too many drugs. >> and jesse and his girlfriend are sleeping off a heroin high and his girlfriend rolls over on to her back and starts to aspirate her own vomit and dies and walt doesn't stop it from happening. and my original pitch was that he actually does it on...
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if you take us to the island, it will be like killing us, slaughtering us. we are like ants, we are nothing. it won't take much to kill us. just bomb us. nobody will make a case against you because we have no ground under our feet. >> reporter: their hope: to find that safe ground one day. but for now, they remain in limbo-- not of this land, and not pushed from it. for the pbs newshour, i'm tania rashid on thenga charr island, bangladesh. >> woodruff: now to our series of conversations focusing on the road ahead for the democratic party. today, senate and house democratic leaders left washington for a stop in berryville, virginia, estimated population of around 4,300. it was to roll out a new, more populist message, focusing on economic issues. they said it's what the party needs to win back voters. >> when you lose elections as we did in 2014 and 2016, you don't flinch. you don't blink. you look in the mirror and ask, what did we do wrong? the number one thing we did wrong is not present a strong, bold economic agenda to working americans, so that their ho
if you take us to the island, it will be like killing us, slaughtering us. we are like ants, we are nothing. it won't take much to kill us. just bomb us. nobody will make a case against you because we have no ground under our feet. >> reporter: their hope: to find that safe ground one day. but for now, they remain in limbo-- not of this land, and not pushed from it. for the pbs newshour, i'm tania rashid on thenga charr island, bangladesh. >> woodruff: now to our series of...
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they abused us. they didn't respect us, or anyone's human rights. i thought that if you come here, to their country, to request asylum, they'll listen to you. but they killed that. >> reporter: this is what it's like to be cast adrift. under international law, nations are obliged to help those in peril on the sea. according to the 1951 refugee convention, asylum seekers should not be expelled if their lives or freedom are threatened. >> the life rafts that we've seen have no means of propulsion, and are often hugely overloaded to the point where it's dangerous for them to be in those life rafts. >> reporter: former british army officer nick waters is a digital analyst with bellingcat, a website using open source information from the internet to expose international wrongdoing. here, a turkish drone camera captures a life raft apparently being pushed back by a vessel fr greece's hellenic coastguard. >> there is no way for them to be crossing the aegean in those kind of life rafts. and we believe they are being put in those life rafts by the hellenic
they abused us. they didn't respect us, or anyone's human rights. i thought that if you come here, to their country, to request asylum, they'll listen to you. but they killed that. >> reporter: this is what it's like to be cast adrift. under international law, nations are obliged to help those in peril on the sea. according to the 1951 refugee convention, asylum seekers should not be expelled if their lives or freedom are threatened. >> the life rafts that we've seen have no means...
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jesus was a religious jean us. what i mean, and i'm glad you brought that up. i say jesus was a religious genius. here is a mediterranean peasant, an incredible mind. he is important in a very interesting place, right on the silk road, which goes from the hellenistic greece, tracks along to persia, china and i saida and jesus is able to -- it's a lively time, too. and jesus is able to pull in ideas of the body and soul from plato, from karma and buddhism in the east and he can synthesize all of this and create a world religion, although i do say he was not trying 20 start a religion. that wasn't his purpose. >> when you say synthesize -- give me an example of the synthesis that would have come from west and east. >> well for instance i think with body and soul being how we're put together is a hell inistic idea, plato. but the idea of carpal aand the it's a complicated idea but the main thing, say blessed are the merciful for god will show them mercy. i think notice sermon on the mound, matthew 5, and have 7, jesus
jesus was a religious jean us. what i mean, and i'm glad you brought that up. i say jesus was a religious genius. here is a mediterranean peasant, an incredible mind. he is important in a very interesting place, right on the silk road, which goes from the hellenistic greece, tracks along to persia, china and i saida and jesus is able to -- it's a lively time, too. and jesus is able to pull in ideas of the body and soul from plato, from karma and buddhism in the east and he can synthesize all of...
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thanks for joining us. first of all just tell white house is lee and what drew investigators attention to him? >> jerry lee is a chinese american who worked for the cia, joined the cia in 1994, was stationed in tokyo, he was stayinged in beijing. he was involved in chinese operations. and left the agency in 2007. and we're told he left disgruntled and that his career had plateaued. >> give us the context of this investigation. talk about the-- the loss of the american assets in china, the scope of that. >> so we're told that approximately about the end of 2010 e agency realizes it has a problem. they have begun to lose informant ntion china and eventually the fbi is brought in to help investigate this counterintelligence issue. and they continued to lose people into 2011 and 12, i think by 13 the losses had been stemmed. but it was devastating. we're told 18 to 20 people were either killed or imprisoned. and the magnitude of the loss really, really crippled the agency's operations there. >> and lee has been
thanks for joining us. first of all just tell white house is lee and what drew investigators attention to him? >> jerry lee is a chinese american who worked for the cia, joined the cia in 1994, was stationed in tokyo, he was stayinged in beijing. he was involved in chinese operations. and left the agency in 2007. and we're told he left disgruntled and that his career had plateaued. >> give us the context of this investigation. talk about the-- the loss of the american assets in...
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and he brought us to meet his family. he said, i want to be a doctor, a lawyer, i want to help children and help people hurt in the war. i look at my wife. there's one of the videos on our site. i said, you know, honey, this has been overwhelming hearing all these stories and listening to people, hoping that we can do something by sharing their stories, i said, but, you know, i said you know what i'm thinking? she says, i know what you're thinking. i said, this has been one of the great days of my life. she says, i know why. i said, he made me a grand pennsylvania i had to come to a refugee camp in syria to be made a grandpa. >> rose: thank you, my friend, for all the people you're trying to help to try to tell the story. >> thank you. >> rose: thank you for joining us. see you next time. for more about this program and earlier episodes, visit us online at pbs.org and charlierose.com. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has
and he brought us to meet his family. he said, i want to be a doctor, a lawyer, i want to help children and help people hurt in the war. i look at my wife. there's one of the videos on our site. i said, you know, honey, this has been overwhelming hearing all these stories and listening to people, hoping that we can do something by sharing their stories, i said, but, you know, i said you know what i'm thinking? she says, i know what you're thinking. i said, this has been one of the great days of...
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warns it will use force if asked to. the united states is prepared to use the full range of our capabilities to defend ourselves. and our allies. president trump plans in europe for a series of high profile events. round one is in power and the most closely watched meeting will be with vladimir putin. and they keep that company and that crucial to china's diplomatic out reach. we chill over the politics of pandas. welcome to obvious on public television and around the globe. divisions a match that the united nations today i have the best way to respond to north korea's aggressive missile test. the us ambassador said if the international community acts together. pam prevented could testify. the last will propose new un sanctions. the russians representative warned that attempts to economically strangled north korea would be unacceptable. away since president trump arrives in europe had a the g. twenty summit. a diplomatic editor james landau stop saw coverage. today the coast of south korea. borrows. taught by local u. s.
warns it will use force if asked to. the united states is prepared to use the full range of our capabilities to defend ourselves. and our allies. president trump plans in europe for a series of high profile events. round one is in power and the most closely watched meeting will be with vladimir putin. and they keep that company and that crucial to china's diplomatic out reach. we chill over the politics of pandas. welcome to obvious on public television and around the globe. divisions a match...
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he wants us to go away. he wants to put us out of business. he said he's gonna bankrupt us, and, quite frankly, the cost of these lawsuits could, indeed, do serious damage. >> i'd like to ask you, you left a great gig at fox news. why'd you take the nra on? >> well, 'cause i like a challenge, and i like doing something i believe in, okay? i am a member of the nra. i know you've been a member of the nra, 'cause we keep records. we don't reveal them to the rest of the world, and i don't want to embarrass you. >> i was hoping you'd bring my nra card from when i was 12 years old. i was hoping your records were that good. >> and think about how many of us got our first nra membership from a parent, from someone who loved us, and who taught us how to shoot. you did. >> how are you gonna recruit my kids back? >> i want to tell the truth about the nra. that's why i'm here. look, we've been battered. there's no doubt about it. my job is not just to be the president of the nra but go out, explain to people, as you've given me a chance to do, what we do
he wants us to go away. he wants to put us out of business. he said he's gonna bankrupt us, and, quite frankly, the cost of these lawsuits could, indeed, do serious damage. >> i'd like to ask you, you left a great gig at fox news. why'd you take the nra on? >> well, 'cause i like a challenge, and i like doing something i believe in, okay? i am a member of the nra. i know you've been a member of the nra, 'cause we keep records. we don't reveal them to the rest of the world, and i...
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from all of us here at kqed, thank you for joining us. good night. captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday, january 31: the c.d.c. orders comprehensive new next on “pbs newshour weekend.” >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: sue and edgar wachenheim iii. the anderson family fund. bernard and denise schwartz. the cheryl and philip milstein family. barbara hope zuckerberg. the leonard and norma klorfine
from all of us here at kqed, thank you for joining us. good night. captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday, january 31: the c.d.c. orders comprehensive new next on “pbs newshour weekend.” >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: sue and edgar wachenheim iii. the anderson family fund. bernard and denise schwartz. the cheryl and philip milstein family. barbara hope zuckerberg. the leonard and norma klorfine
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thank you for being with us. we will dig into these hard issues in a moment, the first would you share with me what drives your passion for education? >> education is everything for me. it seems my life, you know. growing up as the son of immigrants and having lost my only parent to cancer when i was six years old, being raised by cousins i never met until i showed up on their doorstep, i needed a lot of help. education opened doors for me. i grew up on the free lunch program, food stamps, and government cheese. i ate so much government cheese that i thought usda was a brand name. public education was the most important program that helped my family. it has opened doors for me and it's an honor for me to be able to serve the 6 million students in our state to make sure they get quality education. >> food is a big part of that. it's not top of mind when it comes to education, but you are working very hard to provide meals for students. >> we have so many hungry kids and we don't need to. we have so many resources
thank you for being with us. we will dig into these hard issues in a moment, the first would you share with me what drives your passion for education? >> education is everything for me. it seems my life, you know. growing up as the son of immigrants and having lost my only parent to cancer when i was six years old, being raised by cousins i never met until i showed up on their doorstep, i needed a lot of help. education opened doors for me. i grew up on the free lunch program, food...
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our goal is to use technology use what we know about entertainment and use the fact that our team is doing really well to create an unbelievable overall experience from the minute they come into the gate to the minute they leave. >> besides the change in ownership, how much of what you're doing now is driven by the way the digital era has transformed everything? there's so much competition now for people's attention. >> yeah. i mean, the -- it's unbelievable. technology -- if you're in the experience creation business, as we are, technology and what you can do with that is -- i refer to it as harry potter's bag of spells. but we still remember that technology is just an enabler. you have to start with what do you want the experience to be? what do you want the behavior? what is going to make a fan and allow a fan to have a memorable experience so that they will share, it will be remarkable, something emotional so they will come back? >> how much of that is to get them in the door and how much it is to create an atmosphere that's tough for the visiting team? >> yeah, well i think it's
our goal is to use technology use what we know about entertainment and use the fact that our team is doing really well to create an unbelievable overall experience from the minute they come into the gate to the minute they leave. >> besides the change in ownership, how much of what you're doing now is driven by the way the digital era has transformed everything? there's so much competition now for people's attention. >> yeah. i mean, the -- it's unbelievable. technology -- if you're...
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thank you for being with us to what can you tell us about mansour? >> there is not much that we know about him yet but he has been a household name without knowing much about him. that means that he has been running the political front of the taliban for the past, let's say, three or four years. before that he was a commander of the taliban. he is from southern afghanistan, as was mullah omar. yet one point was minister of aviation and transport the taliban government. laura: he is in favor of peace negotiations with the afghan government? >> from what we know so far, yes. he was delegated to the talks that took place in july. this means he is in approval. there are many other leaders of the taliban and there are factions in the taliban who seem not to be so keen on talks. laura: those talks have been postponed, we learned, by the taliban. what do you read into that? >> i think it is a timing issue. the last 48 hours has been a lot of news about the death of the appointment of a new chief. -- the death of mullah omar and the appointment of a new chie
thank you for being with us to what can you tell us about mansour? >> there is not much that we know about him yet but he has been a household name without knowing much about him. that means that he has been running the political front of the taliban for the past, let's say, three or four years. before that he was a commander of the taliban. he is from southern afghanistan, as was mullah omar. yet one point was minister of aviation and transport the taliban government. laura: he is in...
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first of all, all of us use linkedin in our personal networks. we don't know what we'd do without linkedin. hr managers human resource managers are also very dependent on linkedin. we think with the trend towards robotics and the need for education and retraining that linkedin is going to become even more important. they've just bought a company called linda.com, who helps to retrain people and we think with all of the big data that linkedin has, that they are actually going to help people improve their opportunities for careers, and step up to the next level faster than they might otherwise. >> and your third choice is another stock sort of in a way like amazon in that i guess you believe it is underestimated misunderstood, and not common known as well as it should be. it's invidia. >> it's invidia. everybody assumes it's hostage to the pc cycle. invidia is so much more than that. it's the leader for chips for parallel processing which is used in all of our themes so anything having to do with the cloud, parallel processing is critical. anything
first of all, all of us use linkedin in our personal networks. we don't know what we'd do without linkedin. hr managers human resource managers are also very dependent on linkedin. we think with the trend towards robotics and the need for education and retraining that linkedin is going to become even more important. they've just bought a company called linda.com, who helps to retrain people and we think with all of the big data that linkedin has, that they are actually going to help people...